April 14- Giving Props to Sven Props

As you most likely know, as a Sven viewer, we have all sorts of bizarre and unusual props that come in handy when we’re taping our shows. Both here at the station, as well as in my basement at home, you can find some very strange things- some of which have never been used- yet. As you might have guessed, I also will often receive stuff from fans of the show, unrequested-some of which may be useful, some that, occasionally, is a little scary, even for us.
I know we’ve shown some of our prop arsenal in webisodes here on the site, but I thought I bring up a few more of the
intriguing items currently lurking in the Sven prop closet.
We have a small plastic axe that’s battery powered-not to aid in any chopping maneuvers, but to provide- sound effects! It’s a motion-powered deal that makes a screaming noise when you swing it! This is not to be confused with the walking axe man, with an articulated face that grimaces as he walks along swinging his weapon- to the tune of “When the Saints Go Marching In!!!”
A couple other things I’ve had for a long time- are a plastic fist and a plastic foot, both on an accordion style arm- kind of like those boxing gloves you see in cartoons, that pop out and hit somebody. The fist is obviously that same sort of thing- and the foot, I guess, is for the same idea, but, instead of a punch, it’s a swift kick!
You may have seen a couple hats I have in the storage area- given to me by a viewer- one looks like a hamburger- and the other, like a big white chicken! There is also a very large wind-up key, like a wind-up key you’d find on an old tin toy…with a suction cup on the end. Keys like this were originally made for you to attach to a small foreign car, so it’d look like a wind-up toy! I’m guessing you can’t find one of those keys around anymore, or we’d see a lot more of them on Mini-Coopers…
Then, we have the battery-powered severed arm, which, when activated…just kind of wiggles around. The armature that moves the hand goes up into a finger, and less-refined people than I were known to maneuver it into a certain finger, thereby creating the first automated obscene gesture…
There’s a pair of vampire fangs with its own blood supply (for vampires in need of a quick fix?)- not to mention a few tubes of fake blood (now, you can brush your fangs and get nourished at the same time, Bela!)
Maybe I’ll take another inventory of the bizarre props we have soon, if you guys are interested- but be forewarned- the deeper I dig- the weirder they’ll get!